Autographic register.



No. 761,436. y PATENTEDMAY s1, 1904.

' E. J. BARKER.

AIUTOGRAPHIC RBGrSrIER.`

APPLIOATION FILED Dnc. 7. 1903-. No MODEL. 2 sHE'ETsL-SH'BBT z.

` ful Improvements in Autographic Registers,

STATES Patented May 31, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

ENGLAND J. BARKER, oF MORGAN PARK, ILLINoIs.

f AuToGRAPi-ilo REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming'y part ofy Letters Patent N0.'761,436, dated May 31, 1904.

' Appncaeon iiiedneembr 7,`19o3. serai No. 184,134. No model.)

To a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ENGLAND J. BARKER, ,a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Morgan Park, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useof which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. Y

Heretofore autographic registers have generally lbeen constructed so asA to provide a memorandum for the purchaser, the cashier, v and the proprietor ofeach transaction recorded. The. ends of the strips o-f` paper on.

which the memorandum for the purchaser and Vcashier are written Aare torn oi; but the continuous Astrip'upon which the private memorandum for the proprietor appears is rolled up on a receiving-roller that is constructedso as to be capable of removal from the machine whenever desired. Oftentimes it happens that after such a three-record machine has been used for a while it is decided to use but two of i such recordsone for the pu-rchaser and vone -for the cashier-and in this case it is either necessary to run the three rolls of paper in the machine or buy a new register.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, cheap, and economical means for con- Averting whenever desired a three-record maconjunction with the receiving-roller.

chine into a two-record machine or, shouldit subsequently become desirable, to change the machine back to a three-record machine again, or, if desired, instead of the two issue and one record strip the register may provide three issue strips. This I accomplish by the means hereinafter fully described and as particularly pointedout i-n the-claims. y u

In the drawings, Figurel is a side elevation of an ,automaticregister having my improvements applied thereto. Fig. Qis a longitudinal vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view showing one-end of the same in horizontal section in the plane indicated by dotted line 3 3 in Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a detail View illustrating the pawl and ratchet'ulsed in ig. 5 is a'perspective View of the crankusedin connection Ywith my improvements.

The features of an autographic register,

mention of which are necessaryto athorough understanding of my invention, are the case, n

the paper-rolls, the bed, the draft-rollers, and the receiving-roller. 'Ihe case of the register shown in the drawings comprises a base-plate A, a frame for housing the operative `parts consisting of a stationary body-section B, and

a movable section C, hinged lthereto at one end of the register. It is immaterial how these sectlons are made. As shown in the drawings the side walls of these sections are preferably parallel throughout the length ofthe register, and the lower edges of the side walls of the movable section normally rest andare supported upon the upper edges of the reduced portion of the side walls of the stationary section. In the registershown in the drawings the stationary section B has two rolls of paper a and b journaledtherein, and the hinged or movable section C has one roll c journaled therein, vand when the case is closed the axes of these rolls arel preferably all in the samehorizontal plane and are; located approximately an equal distance apart. The paper from these rolls extends to and around the guide-rolls Z d d?, journaled in the rear extensions yof the side walls of the movable section C of the case, and then extends forward over the horizontal bed or fiat platform-D, connecting said. side walls and forming the top of section C. .At the forward end of this platform D, which provides a background and supports the paper when the operator writes upon the same,lare two rollers E and F,whose bearings are journaled in the side walls of said lsection C, one above the other, which come in contact in aboutthe same horizontal plane as. the upper surface of platform D, so that the three strips of paper from rolls a, b, and

c pass between them. The undermost strip of paper,upon which the private record of the proprietor is kept, extends from between rolls E and F downward and forward to-and around va removable roller Gr; but the endsof the two uppermost strips of paper, upon`which are the record of the transaction for the cashier and purchaser, are left free after they leave rollers E and F, so that they can easily be torn off.

Heretofore the roller E and the receiving- As hereinbefore stated, this roller is remov- .G, the plate 0 is pushed'out of slot n and previousl y opened.

roller were connected by gearing, and the journal of one of these rollers, generally that of roller E, was extended through its bearings and a crank permanently secured thereto. In consequence the operation of the machine required the employment of the strip of paper upon which the private record was made, because this strip is the draft-stripthat is, itis the only strip that has its advance end wound upon a receiving-roller, which when revolved draws or pulls the strip and assists in the carrying forward of the other two strips. Now my invention dispenses with the gearing connecting the roller E and the receiving-roller and requires that the journals e and g of both rollers E and G shall extend through their respective bearings and said extensions provided with screwthreaded ends and also requires a crank H, the boss of which has an internal screw-thread which after it has been screwed-onto either of the extensions e and g by a right-to-left movement will by a continuation of such movement revolve the roller to whose extension it is attached and will when revolved in the opposite direction, or from left to right, unscrew from said extension. I prefer in order to prevent these rollers E and Gr from reversing when the handle is being removed from their extensions to provide each with a ratchet and pawl. The roller Gr has its ratchet I secured to the journal of the same just inside of its bearings, and this ratchet is engaged by apawl i, which is pivoted to the inner surface of the side frame of the section C in such position as to engage said ratchet.

able. This removability can be accomplished in any suitable manner; but, as shown in the drawings, the head m of the roller from which the extension g projects is the same diameter as the roller itself and is secured rigidly to the extension g in the manner shown in the drawings, Fig. 3, so as to leave a groove or circumferential slot n between said ratchet and head. A spring-pressed plate 0 normally engages this slot n thereby retaining the extension and its cooperating parts in their proper position, and in order to lock said extension to the roller Gr and prevent their turning separately a tenen p is provided on the ratchet and a corresponding groove in the roller. When it is desired to remove roller the extension then pulled out of the roller, which latter may be then removed through the end ofthe register-frame, which has been The roller E has its ratchet 7n preferably secured to its extension e just outside the case next its bearings, and the pawl K, engaging this ratchet, is pivoted to the outside of the side wall of section B in such position as to properly engage said ratchet.

In operation when it is desired to make a memorandum of each transaction for the purchaser, the cashier, and the proprietor the crank H is attached to the extension f/ of the roller G and turned in the proper direction to wind up the strip of paper upon which the record for the proprietor is made. In this case the proprietors record acts as a draft web or strip and draws with it the other two records through the rollers E and F, so as to enable the cashiers and purchasers record of the transaction to be torn olf. When only two records-namely, one for the purchaser and one for the proprietor-are required, the strip of paper to be wound upon the roller (fr is cut between said roller G and rollers E and F and, if desired, one of the rolls of paper removed from the machine, substantially in the manner shown and described in Letters Patent of the United States No. 733,934, grantedl to me July 23, 1903. The handle is then removed from the extension g of roller G and attached to the extension c of roller E, and the friction of the rollers E and F is depended upon to draw the strips for the records of tlie purchaser and the proprietor forward between them, so that they can be torn off.

What I claim as new isl. An autographic register comprising a platform; means for supplying strips of paper in the same direction 'over the same; a nonreversible receiving-roller adjacent to the discharge end of said platform, having one of its journals extending through its bearings beyond the side of the case of the register; nonreversible co'mpression-rollers between said platform and receiving-roller, one of which has one of its journals extending through its bearings; and a crank separately engaging the extension of said compression and receiving rollers for independently revolving the same.

2. An autographic register comprising a platform; means for supplying strips of paper in the same direction over the same; a receiving-roller adjacent to the discharge end of said platform, having one of its journals extended through its bearings and screw-threaded; and a ratchet and pawl connected thereto to prevent the reverse motion thereof; compression-rollers between said platform and receiving-rollers, one of which has one of its journals extended through its bearings and screw-threaded; aratchet and pawl connected to said compression-roller and preventing the reverse motion thereof; and a crank for engaging the journal extension of said receivingroller or of said compression-roller independently of the other.

3. An-autographic register comprising a platform; means for supplying strips of paper in the same direction over the same; a nonreversible receiving-roller adjacent to the discharge end of said platform, having one of its journals extending through its bearings be- IOO IOS

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has one of its journals extending through itsV D bearings; and a crank engaging the extension l of either said compression or receiving roller for independently revolving the same.

In testimony whereof Ihave hereunto set Y myhand this 18th day of November, 1903. ENGLAND JABARKER.

Witnesses:

CHARLES A. BARKER, l E. K. LUNDY. 

